Re: Ray Rice has been quiet
Not many RBs (even the HOF ones) have ever been very good in the play offs, or in SBs. I think the high intensity makes the run games ineffective in the big PO games.
Re: Ray Rice has been quiet
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leachisabeast
Not many RBs (even the HOF ones) have ever been very good in the play offs, or in SBs. I think the high intensity makes the run games ineffective in the big PO games.
Where was that during our multiple month debate?
Re: Ray Rice has been quiet
I felt bad for Ray. I think the fumbles really shook his confidence.
Re: Ray Rice has been quiet
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leachisabeast
Not many RBs (even the HOF ones) have ever been very good in the play offs, or in SBs. I think the high intensity makes the run games ineffective in the big PO games.
Last 3 years...
Regular Season:
2010 4.0 ypc
2011 4.7 ypc
2012 4.4 ypc
Postseason:
2010 3.1 ypc
2011 3.0 ypc
2012 3.6 ypc
I think using Pierce more will preserve Rice better for the long season.
Re: Ray Rice has been quiet
Rice had a chance to boost his marketability majorly during this post-season run but his struggles this post-season all but canceled that.
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Justlovemybirds
Rice had a chance to boost his marketability majorly during this post-season run but his struggles this post-season all but canceled that.
Yeah. It seems the media has hopped on Jacoby instead, partly because of his personality.
But Ray Rice also has a bubbly personality, and would have easily been a media darling. But like you said, no one latches onto the guy's that struggled.
I just fear that it seems to be a pattern.
Of course it could be that in the playoffs teams key on Rice because he has historically been our playmaker, and they don't want to let him beat them. So they shut him down and force us to use other players to beat them, to Rice's detriment.
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i was thinking the same thing. i think rice has an ego larger than most and his putting the ball on the ground is a way for your teammates to lose confidence in you. the emergence of benard pierce has left rice somewhat muted.
i hope he responds with a chip on his shoulder and plays lights out next year. either way it looks like we are set at RB for the foreseeable future. when pierce is up for his second contract rice may be about done.
Re: Ray Rice has been quiet
Teams key in on Rice during post season, he will always have an average game. But if average means making crucial first downs, I'll take it. Pierce was a god send with his running ability and his vision that allowed him to break to the outside for nice gains. Pierce on the team last year would have been the pust the offense needed. N o disrespect to Ray(4th & 29), he has been there for the Ravens I'm sure he realizes that it was a team effort and is playing his role as a key member of the team. The fumbling baffles me in postseason play. More likely an attempt to get more yardage while forgettin about ball security.
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CincyCat
I felt bad for Ray. I think the fumbles really shook his confidence.
I think this more than anything. And I think that he may not be that happy that his "backup" outran him either. Pearce got a LOT of touches this year.
And I don't think he was overused at all. Think about how many games this year he barely touched the ball. If anything, he should have been fresh for the playoffs.
His fumble in the SB could have cost us the game.
Re: Ray Rice has been quiet
Re: Ray Rice has been quiet
Really, only 3 guys have hit the circuit...
John Harbaugh - Head Coach
Joe Flacco - Super Bowl MVP
Jacoby Jones - "Runner up" for MVP, had two biggest plays in Super Bowl
No Reed, No Torrey, No Pitta, No Ngata, Not much Suggs (just bashing Skip on First Take)...